Come in, sit, stay for awhile

Though I have lived in Queen Anne for almost two years, and Seattle for over four, last night was my first visit to The Sitting Room, a quiet little enclave in the corner of lower Queen Anne with an environment City Search describes as “stylish European ambiance.” That description is right on the mark, since arriving later in the evening after a house-warming, my friend and I were pleasantly surprised to discover the very European-flavored happy hour starts at 11 p.m. The cheese and salami gods were most certainly looking out for us! We shared a plate of six different kinds of cheeses (bliss!), a salami tray, and an “olive cup” …not the proper name, but they came in a cup 🙂 What can I say? I’m a visual person. I liked that the music wasn’t too loud, it was small, intimate, and cozy, and the dark lighting made it all seem so very Euro-mysterious. It just begs for patrons to talk for hours into the night, and though it was very busy when we were there, the atmosphere allows for each party to get lost in their own conversations. For me that’s a plus, but my friend commented that it doesn’t allow for much meet-and-greet or inter-mingling with fellow Sitting Room-ers. So I guess it would depend on what floats your boat, but all in all, we had a great time and I’ll definitely be making a host of return trips.